Brett Kennedy


Brett Kennedy is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He has played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres.

Early life and college

Kennedy grew up in Brigantine, New Jersey and attended Atlantic City High School in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 2011, as a junior, he went 3-2 with a 2.10 ERA and sixty strikeouts over 44.1 innings pitched. After graduating, he enrolled at Fordham University where he played college baseball for the Fordham Rams. In 2015, his junior year, he compiled a 6-8 record with a 4.14 ERA, striking out 97 and walking only twenty over 87 innings. Over the course of his collegiate career, Kennedy posted a 15-17 record with 3.73 ERA and 218 strikeouts in fifty appearances.

Professional career

Kennedy was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and made his professional debut that same year with the Tri-City Dust Devils, going 0-2 with a 2.70 ERA in 12 games.
In 2016, he pitched for both the Fort Wayne TinCaps and Lake Elsinore Storm, compiling an 8-11 record with a 3.55 ERA in 28 total starts between both teams, and in 2017, he played with the San Antonio Missions where he pitched to a 13-7 record and 3.70 ERA over 26 starts, earning Texas League All-Star honors. He began 2018 with the El Paso Chihuahuas and was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team. In 16 starts for El Paso, he posted a 10-0 record with a 2.72 ERA.

San Diego Padres

Kennedy made his Major League debut on August 8, 2018, earning the loss after allowing six runs over four innings to the Milwaukee Brewers. Kennedy recorded his first career win on September 1, 2018, pitching six scoreless innings against the Colorado Rockies. In his first Major League season, Kennedy went 1-2 in six starts with a 6.75 ERA and 18 strikeouts before a knee injury ended his season.
Kennedy experienced a lat strain in Spring Training in 2019 and pitched just one minor league inning in 2019 due to injury. Kennedy was outrighted off the Padres roster on October 31.